Paper box



Patented Aug. 22, 1944 PAPER BOX Sterling R. Arner, Charlotte, N. C., assigner to Old Dominion Box Company, Lynchburg, Va., a corporation of Virginia.

Application July 19, 1943, Serial No. 495,288

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a paper container and more especially to a cylindrical container such as used for packing half-pound and one pound quantities of tobacco, although it is to be cleariy understood that this type of container can be used for any other purpose.

It is an object of this invention to provide a container having a hermetically sealed reinforced bottom, and one which presents a very neat appearance.

It is another object of this invention to provide a container having inner and outer side walls and having a bottom member whose edges fit snugly against the inner side walls of the container and a supplemental covering which holds the bottom in position, said supplemental covering extending over the lower edges of the inner shell of the container and being turned upwardly and embedded between the inner and outer shells of the container.

It is another object of the invention to provide a container having inner and outer sidewalls and having the outer sidewall extending farther downwardly than the inner sidewall and having a second bottom member whose periphery rits against the inner surface of the outer sidewall.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objects will appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation with the lower portion thereof broken away, showing the container;

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail vertical sectional view of the lower portion of Figure l.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the numeral Ii! indicates the inside side wall of the box which projects above the outer side wall II, and a suitable cover is adapted to iit over the upper portion of the inside side wall iii, and have its lower edge fit snugly against the upper edge of the outside wall II. The outside side wall II is covered with a suitable wrapper I2 on which trade-mark or other suitable printed matter is placed. The top edge of the wrapper I2 is turned inwardly and downwardly between the inner sidewall Iii and outer sidewall II. Fitting snugly within the inner sidewall It is a bottom member I4 which is secured in position by means of a bottom label IE which has its edges turned upwardly and secured by any suitable means such as an adhesive between the inner and outer sidewalls as at I6. This bottom retaining label Iii is usually composed of what is known as white face craft paper so as to give the proper strength for retaining the bottom I4 in position.

Disposed below label member l5 is an eXtra bottom 2D which nts flush against the surface of label I5 and has its periphery fitting flush against the inner surface of the downwardly extending portion of the outer sidewall il. The outer wrapper I2 is lapped over the peripheral portions of the additional bottom member 2!) as at 2i. Then an additional label 22 similar to label l5 is pasted over the eXtra bottom 2li and covers also the turned in portion 2l of the outer wrapper I2 as is clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2. This type of structure provides a very rigid and hermetically sealed bottom for a box.

In the drawing and specification, there has been-set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, and although specific terms are ernployed, they are used in a generic andl descriptive sense only, and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being defined in the claims.

I claim:

1. A container having inner and outer side walls, a bottom having its periphery fitting snugly against the lower inner side wall, a label covering the lower surface of the bottom member and having its edges folded up between the inner and outer side walls, the outer side wall extending further downwardly than the inner side wall, an additional bottom member having its periphery tting snugly against the interior surface of the outer side wall, and having one side fitting against the label on the first-mentioned bottom, the outer side wall having a covering whose upper edge is turned down between the inner and outer side walls, and whose lower edge is turned inwardly over the end of the outer side wall and against the lower surface of the second bottom member and a label adhesively secured to the lower surface of the second bottom member and to the inturned portions of the cover.

2. A container having inner and outer side walls, a bottom having its periphery fitting snugly against the lower inner side wall, a label covering the lower surface of the bottom member and having its edges folded up between the inner and outer side walls, the outer side wall extending further downwardly than the inner side wall, an additional bottom member having its periphery tting snugly against the interior surface of the outer side wall, and having one side fitting against the label on the-first-mentioned bottom, the outer side wall having a covering whose upper edge is turned down between the inner and outer side walls, and whose lower edge is turned inwardly over the end of the outer side wall and against the lower surface of the second bottom member.

STERLING R. ARNER. 

